Carrot Cake Oatmeal

This carrot cake oatmeal recipe delivers a hearty bowl of spiced carrot cake-flavored steel-cut oats with raisins, apple, crunchy pecans, and yogurt.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 287 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 4 cups water
• 1 apple - peeled, cored, and chopped
• 1 cup steel-cut oats
• 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 0.5 cup raisins
• 0.5 teaspoon ground ginger
• 0.75 cup chopped pecans
• 0.5 cup plain yogurt
• 0.5 cup shredded carrot

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring water to a boil in a large, heavy saucepan; stir in oats. Reduce heat to a simmer; cook oats until they begin to thicken, about 10 minutes. Stir in apple, carrot, raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt; simmer until tender, about 20 minutes more.

Step 2

Meanwhile, melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat. Stir in pecans; cook until fragrant and lightly browned, 2 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle with brown sugar; stir until sugar has melted and coats pecans.

Step 3

Top oatmeal servings with about 2 tablespoons pecan mixture and a dollop of yogurt.